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    Closing arguments: $2 billion Apple v. Samsung case heads to the jury

    They are taking Google to court in the guise of the Rockstar lawsuits. See: http://meincmagazine.com/tech-policy/2013 ... es-google/ We will see who get creamed, although Google was able to get the case moved to California out of the East Texas jurisdiction in which many patent trolls have filed...
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    Closing arguments: $2 billion Apple v. Samsung case heads to the jury

    Doubtful, since the latest Samsung phones like the Galaxy Vs are not included in this suit and the Apple patents are still valid and have not been overturned by USPTO. This litigation will most likely continue until the patents are either overturned or they expire years from now. Of interest is...
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    Closing arguments: $2 billion Apple v. Samsung case heads to the jury

    If the patents are invalid there is a process for overturning a patent. http://info.legalzoom.com/overturning-patent-21140.html Why has Samsung (or Google for that matter) not had these patents overturned and declared invalid by the USPTO? Especially considering Apple, Inc. ?
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    Apple releases iOS 7.1.1 with further Touch ID, keyboard improvements

    Jonathan Ive - software designer! iOS 7 is harder to use than iOS 6 including the keyboard coloring change in iOS 7.1. iOS 7 has targets that are harder to use thanks to their small size and many times having no graphics that shows the extent of the target. Don't get me wrong, overall I like...
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    2013 MacBook Airs get a speed bump and a $100 price cut

    With an older TN display the price cut is due. It would have been great, although impractical, if they could have had a price cut and added an IPS retina display.
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    60 Minutes shocked to find 8-inch floppies drive nuclear deterrent

    I got to use 8 inch floppies in college as part of a development system for the Motorola 68000 processor, if I recall correctly. I even used the old 14-inch winchester drives with the CDC Cyber 80 (if I recall correctly) as part of the FORTRAN class. Winchester, 8-inch floppy, 5 1/4 inch...
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    After successful landing, SpaceX to sue Air Force to compete for launch contracts

    Down voting for whining about down voting. >-;
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    Atari landfill in New Mexico to be dug up on Saturday; Ars will be on scene

    But, you have to keep on trying and not just bury them! ;-)
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    Atari landfill in New Mexico to be dug up on Saturday; Ars will be on scene

    Why excavate? Why not use ground penetrating radar? Wow did Atari take a hit on this - about $100 Million according to Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_E ... video_game)
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    Digging for answers: The “strong smell” of fraud from one Bitcoin miner maker

    What, no mention of an "anal probe". Seems kind of fitting!
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    Netflix plans price hike for its subscription plans

    But it is not $7.99 per month to the end user, because they also have to pay their ISP for access to the Internet. They also may need to pay for a VPN to get smooth NetFlix service until the bleeding of NetFlix is finally done and the ISP's get their fees and they do not delay NetFlix packets by...
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    Major media publisher admits it is “afraid of Google”

    The assessment is in German. Guess I'll fire up Google translate... oh wait!
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    Antennas for us all: How Aereo wound up at the Supreme Court

    Rational and SCOTUS, hmmm we will see. Will the decision be a 5/4 split?
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    Google wins a game of “Escape from East Texas,” linking Rockstar to Apple

    What would then happen to the active patents of a bankrupt company like Nortel? Would they all be nullified? How would that process work? How fair are non-transferable patents to the creditors of a bankrupt company? Many areas and processes would have to be worked out to make your...
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    Google wins a game of “Escape from East Texas,” linking Rockstar to Apple

    Yes and also look at the 1997 deal between Apple and Microsoft - see http://www.casestudyinc.com/coopetition-apple-microsoft . Apple and Microsoft cross-licensed all of their technologies and the results are apparent for all to see. Watch the video on that page during the Steve Jobs keynote when...
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    Google wins a game of “Escape from East Texas,” linking Rockstar to Apple

    Who cares what it is called, theft or ???. What matters is if you have a Legal basis and can prove your case in court. Of course cases are routinely appealed and the process repeats. It will be interesting to see if the slide to unlock and other software patents are invalidated or not, but that...
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    Neil Young’s music-player Kickstarter closes at $6.2 million

    Regardless of the PONO implementation you have to admit there is a vision behind all of this. Unfortunately regardless of the chosen resolution physically because of noise one is limited to about 21 of 24 bits in a 24-bit system. Regarding "Now your audience can hear what you hear" that depends...
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    Neil Young’s music-player Kickstarter closes at $6.2 million

    Maybe. However, the specs have not been made available. Additionally no double-blind listening tests have been conducted to see if a statistically significant number of people can hear any difference. Until data is available I recommend that judgement is reserved.
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    Google adds to ToS: yes, we scan all your e-mails

    Time to dump all my @gmail addresses...